From Elias: Martin St. Louis had only two shots on goal in Tampa Bay's game against Ottawa but he scored on both of them to lead the Lightning to a 3-1 win over the Senators. It was St. Louis' first multiple-goal game in which he scored on every one of his shots on goal since a two-goal game against the Bruins on Feb. 11, 2010. He had 13 multi-goal games in the interim.

Obviously the ones doing the actual suffering are the injured players and their families. That key point made, to be a Tampa Bay sports fan is an ongoing exercise in futility and trudging through adversity, punctuated by the rare championship just to remind us of what would be possible, which we're instead typically missing out on. I hear Sisyphus wears a Bolts jersey, Rays hat, and Bucs receiver gloves for a good grip on his boulder.